cockatoo
/ˌkɒkəˈtuː/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɑːkətuː/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkä-kə-ˌtü/ (ame, mw)
cockatoo — 名詞
- cockatoosingular
- cockatoosplural
1. a large white or light-coloured parrot native to Australia and nearby islands, e
鳳頭鸚鵡
頭上有冠羽的澳洲大型白色鸚鵡
a large white or light-coloured parrot native to Australia and nearby islands, easily recognised by the curved beak and the fan of feathers that rises from the top of its head
Amara laughed as the cockatoo on her shoulder bobbed its yellow crest up and down.
Amara 笑了，因為她肩上的鳳頭鸚鵡上下擺動著鮮黃色的冠羽。
crest + bob up and down
A wild sulphur-crested cockatoo landed on the railing and screeched at Kenji's dog.
一隻野生的大葵花鳳頭鸚鵡停在欄杆上，對著 Kenji 的狗大聲尖叫。
sulphur-crested cockatoo (common variety)
Naledi watched a pink cockatoo crack a hard nut with its curved beak.
Naledi 看著一隻粉紅鳳頭鸚鵡用彎曲的嘴咬開一顆堅硬的堅果。
Santiago's uncle keeps an old white cockatoo that can say hello in three languages.
Santiago 的叔叔養了一隻老白色鳳頭鸚鵡，會用三種語言說「你好」。
There was a noisy cockatoo in the tree behind Anjali's kitchen every morning.
每天早上，Anjali 家廚房後面那棵樹上都有一隻吵鬧的鳳頭鸚鵡。
- parrot
a much broader term covering over 350 species worldwide; a cockatoo is a specific type of parrot with a crest